Pension pots: How much is enough? September 14, 2021 As you approach retirement, one of the biggest questions you’re likely to have is, “Have I saved enough?” There’s no golden rule for how much money you’ll need in retirement, as much will depend on when you retire, what you plan to do in retirement, and how long you live. However, having a rough idea [...]
60 Seconds With… Fashion guru and placemaker Yasmin Jones-Henry September 14, 2021 Yasmin Jones-Henry works in the space where fashion meets finance, and where culture meets commerce. She has made her name describing the crucial role culture can play for the new generation of investors, and putting forward the business case for diversity in the fashion and culture sectors. Through her work with Futurecity, a ‘placemaking agency’, [...]
Socially responsible investing and performance: a long-term winner September 14, 2021 | City Talk Companies with stronger ESG ratings outperform, particularly in times of crisis, as we witnessed during 2020, says Coline Pavot, La Financière de l’Echiquier (LFDE)’s head of responsible investment research. Companies that rank well according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria tend to outperform the average and have greater resistance to crises. This was confirmed [...]
All eyes on digital assets: Brevan Howard targets crypto September 13, 2021 Hedge fund Brevan Howard will “significantly expand” its focus on crypto and digital assets with the launch of a new unit focused on the sector, in the latest move indicating growing institutional appetite for the asset class. Brevan, one of Europe’s largest hedge funds, announced it has launched a new division, dubbed “BH Digital”, which [...]
Bottom-up ESG: New platform wants to give retail investor army voting power for £1 September 9, 2021 Tulipshare is targeting the next generation of shareholders by tapping into their booming interest in retail investment and demand for a corporate ESG overhaul. The new UK-based activist investment platform wants to enable individuals to “vote with their money” for change from the inside at Amazon, Coca-Cola and Apple by investing as little as £1. [...]
Does the IPCC report change anything? September 8, 2021 | City Talk The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its sixth assessment report (AR6) this week. It has captured headlines around the world, and sets a sobering backdrop in the run-up to COP26, which will bring global leaders together to agree the next leg of global action to tackle the defining challenge of our era. [...]
Give your business a boost and ‘move on up’ to North East England September 8, 2021 | Sponsored The coronavirus pandemic has seen organisations in all sectors find new, innovative ways of working. From remote and hybrid offices, to the adoption of new digital technologies like video conferencing and cloud computing; the pace of change has been unprecedented. Another significant trend – one that was well established before the pandemic but has continued [...]
Revisiting Beta: How well has Beta predicted returns? September 7, 2021 | City Talk After the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) was developed in the 1960s and 1970s, financial researchers started to test how well this theoretical model actually worked in the real world. Amid expanding computing power and greater data access, the 1980s became a critical era for gauging CAPM’s validity as analysts explored beta’s effectiveness in anticipating [...]
JCB heir Jo Bamford joins forces with City insider Max Gottschalk to launch £1bn hydrogen investment fund September 6, 2021 The heir to the JCB excavators empire, Wright Bus chairman Jo Bamford, confirmed to City A.M. this morning that he has joined forces with multi-family office Vedra Partners to launch HyCap, a new hydrogen investment fund which has set its sights on raising £1bn. The capital, which currently stands at just over £200m after the [...]
SEC double hit: Robinhood comes under scrutiny for key revenue stream and share sale filing September 1, 2021 Trading platform Robinhood has told investors that the US financial watchdog is reviewing a filing of a share sale by a group of its shareholders, a day after its share price sank on two other bouts of bad news. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) review prevents any sales being made off the filing [...]